According to CoinMeta, the founder of Securitize and also involved in recent public debates surrounding the stock token model of Ondo, has criticized Peter Curley, the person in charge of global regulatory affairs at Ondo, for confusing the two concepts of “using permissionless, decentralized blockchains” and “issuing permissionless tokens,” expressing his “quite shock” at this. Curley has previously held policy-related positions at SEC, the U.S. Treasury Department, and Coinbase. The debate originated from Dinari CEO Gabe Otte's earlier claim that Ondo stock tokens are “even significantly inferior to ordinary stocks” for retail investors, which then led to a public debate with Ondo.